New York Times Technology section today quoted MGI Research Senior Analyst Tero Kuittinen on the breakup of the merger between ATT and T-Mobile. Click here for the link to the story.

Tech Industry Trends, March 21 2011:

"ATT deal to buy T-Mobile likely to get higher than expected level of anti-trust scrutiny. Aside from pricing gaps for many key services between T-Mobile and ATT (e.g. Blackberry Enterprise service) and opposition by Verizon, the deal may affect the so called market share concentration ratios - a metric used by US DOJ. Once these ratios reach a certain minimum level, e.g. 70, red flags go off in the anti-trust review. Deal still likely to close in our view but conditions and dates may be stretched and require concessions from ATT."